Birthdays in Music
- Mar 4 Nancy Whiskey, Scottish folk singer (d. 2003)
- Mar 12 Helga Pilarczyk, German soprano (Salome, Lulu)
- Mar 14 Jo van den Booren, composer
- Mar 16 Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano
- Mar 17 Adam Wade, singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Mar 20 Sam Lay, American drummer and vocalist (Original Thunderbirds, Howlin' Wolf Tribute), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Mar 24 Carol Kaye, American session musician (Simon & Garfunkel), born in Everett, Washington
- Mar 29 Ruby Murray, Irish pop singer (Softly Softly), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 1996)
- Mar 30 Gordon Mumma, composer
- Mar 30 John Charles Eaton, composer
- Mar 30 Karl Berger, German musicologist and musician
- Mar 31 Herb Alpert, bandleader/trumpeteer (Tijuana Brass)/CEO (A & M)
Deaths in Music
- Mar 30 Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan, composer, dies at 51